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“As an association, we’ve been blessed with strong leadership that has had the resolve to plan for the future, to make the right decision at the right time,” Moczygemba told delegates and attendees. “Those landmark decisions ensured our breed was positioned for long-term growth.

As the VFD Jan. 1, 2017 implementation date grows ever closer, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is looking ahead to other areas of concern relating to the use of “medically important antimicrobials” in food animals. “Medically important antimicrobials” are defined as those important for treating human disease.

In late September, the United States Department of Agriculture notified the CFIA that a case of bovine TB had been detected in a cow from Alberta when it was slaughtered in the United States. The CFIA has initiated an investigation into the case and is working with provincial agriculture and health authorities.

As calving season approaches, many ranchers look forward to the newborns that represent hours of studying sire summaries and bull catalogs. For all the optimism, however, there’s one source of lingering dread: the cow or cows that you know should have been culled due to attitude.

Current markets have many cattle producers asking, “How do we prepare for 2017 and weather this storm?” Strategic planning is one answer given by Sean Kelly, South Dakota State University (SDSU) Extension Range Management Field Specialist.

Daniels was known for his singing, good humor, horsemanship, and award-winning Purebred Hereford Cattle. He was an active member in the LDS Church. He held several callings including Bishop from 1990- 1996 and working with Gloria in the Logan Temple for eight years.

Maynard Hogberg of Ames, IA, was honored with a Saddle & Sirloin Club Portrait Nov. 13 by the Kentucky State Fair Board. This tradition has been going on for 113 years. It honors leaders who have demonstrated lifetime achievements and provided valuable service to animal agriculture.

USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) is accepting applications for enrollment in the Conservation Stewardship Program (CSP), the nation’s largest conservation program. Applications will be made available in local service centers and will be accepted through Feb.

The project allows producers to see what can happen if they keep and feed calves after weaning instead of selling them. Each producer may consign two or three calves to the project. Those calves are fed to market weight at the NDSU Carrington Research Extension Center (CREC) feedlot, then harvested.

The program is an opportunity for NJHA members to gain invaluable cattle-feeding industry education and experience. Participants will have the ability to estimate feedyard performance and carcass merit, and then compare the information to actual performance data.

Darwin Schweitzer passed away from a heart attack while doing something he loved; working outside. Eldest of six children born to Adam and Kay Schweitzer in Montana, Schweitzer grew up ranching and farming. He entered real estate early, selling a farm at age six.

The American Farm Bureau Federation’s (AFBF’s) 31st annual informal price survey of classic items found on the Thanksgiving Day dinner table indicates the average cost of this year’s feast for 10 is $49.87, a 24-cent decrease from last year’s average of $50.

One of the researchers, Dr. Mark Miller, Professor and Distinguished Chair in Meat Science at Texas Tech, said, “No doubt if you do mineral supplementation with seaweed in it, it helps tremendously with fescue toxicity. What we found out is that it also improves healthfulness of that livestock.

ballot. The aim was to prevent special interest groups from only consulting the generally liberal, urban voters in metropolitan areas on issues that would impact the entire state. It additionally required such proposed amendments pass with a 55 percent majority rather than a simple majority.

That’s just one segment of our cherished way of life that was on the line during the recent election. To folks on the coasts, it may seem insignificant, but to most people in the Rocky Mountain West, these are integral parts of our heritage. And it was on our minds in the ballot box.

Foreign objects ingested by cattle make their way into the animal’s rumen and reticulum. Sometimes, the animal’s body will push the objects into the peritoneal cavity, causing severe inflammation (hardware disease). In extreme cases, a sharp, metal object can damage the animal’s abdomen wall and pierce the heart sac, causing pericarditis.

WR Reserve, in Hastings, NE, recently became the first packing plant in the U.S. approved to ship kosher beef to Israel since a 13-year ban was lifted earlier this year. Pictured are WR Reserve Owner-Operator Fischel Ziegelheim and Nebraska Department of Agriculture Director Greg Ibach with one of the first boxes of beef to be sent to Israel.

Hardy’s passion was welding, taught to him at a young age by his grandfather Albert Clark (deceased). He practiced in that profession most of his adult life, working on cars and trucks in his spare time being one of his favorite pastimes along with music and sports.